Susanoono-Mikoto is enshrined. You
could easily judge how old the shrine was
by looking at the lantern probably made in
the era of Tenji(about 1125) or Taiji(about
1130).
It has a sword dedicated to the shrine
by Oda Nobunaga in the first year of Genki(1570)
who offered a prayer for victory of the battle
against the Miyoshi family stationed at Noda
Castle.
Toyagyoji is held which is an annual
divine ceremony and is designated as the
intangible folk material by Osaka Prefecture.
After the sunset, on the
15th of December the selected persons in
charge of the divine ceremony who are under
the protection of the shrine's deity (Miyaza)
gather in Toya and make an offering what
symbolizes 12 months harvest to the deity.
This is a precious example of the divine
ceremony that is rigidly handed down
to posterity.
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